Domain Names

Many high-profile domain registrars are being targeted by a massive phishing attack against domain owners. The fraudulent emails claim that a particular domain name has been suspended and ask users to click a link.

If you receive an email like this, there is no problem with your domain and there is nothing you need to do.

Below is an example of a very sketchy domain renewal email that we received today. The domain was originally registered at Godaddy, however, this company spammed us with this questionable registration.

Although domain registrars are free to charge what they want for domain renewals, $75/year is very steep. This is not to mention that this company looks very shady and is not a business that we’d trust with our domains. I’m not suggesting that this solicitation is (or isn’t) illegal, rather it’s on the outside edge of ethical in our opinion.

The internet is buzzing (or perhaps a little quieter today) as GoDaddy and millions of their web hosting and email clients were knocked out of service by an apparent hacker. The problems started around 10am PST and as of 4pm it appeared that godaddy.com was still down, although some of their client’s hosted website were coming back online.